Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ati

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ti. The present tense inflection is thematic, effectively continuing Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂yeti.

Suffix

*-ati

1. From imperfective verbs, forming iterative/durative

   Synonym: *-iti

   *byvati ← *byti

   *jьmati ← *ęti (pres. *jьmǫ)

   *vykati ← *vyknǫti

   *badati ← *bosti

   *barati ← *borti

   *xaďati ← *xoditi

   *garati ← *gorěti

2. From perfective verbs, forming imperfective

   *nadymati ← *nadǫti (pres. *nadъmǫ)

   *jьzděvati ← *jьzděti

   *jьzpadati ← *jьzpasti

   *narěkati/*narikati ← *nareťi

   *napajati ← *napojiti

3. From nouns

   Synonyms: *-iti, *-ovati

   *dělati ← *dělo

4. From adjectives

   *cělovati ← *cělъ

Usage notes

• Usually with vowel lengthening
• In some cases *-iti is used instead of *-ati (*jьzvoditi ← *jьzvesti)
• Sometimes descendants develop twice suffixed forms: *napojavati?, *krajavati

Derived terms

Proto-Slavic words suffixed with *-ati

• *-avъ

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*byvati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 3: (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 157
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jьmati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 8: (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 225
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1997), “*navykati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 24: (*navijati (sę) / *navivati (sę) – *nerodimъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 45
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*badati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 1: (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 121
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*barati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 1: (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 158
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xadjati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 8: (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 10
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*garati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 6: (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 101
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*jьzděvati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 9: (*jьz – *klenьje), Moscow: Nauka, page 25
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*jьzpadati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 9: (*jьz – *klenьje), Moscow: Nauka, page 56
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*jьzvoditi”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 9: (*jьz – *klenьje), Moscow: Nauka, page 96
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1995), “*napajati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 22: (*naděliti – *narodъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 206
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1995), “*narěkati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 22: (*naděliti – *narodъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 242
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1995), “*narikati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 22: (*naděliti – *narodъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 246
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1995), “*nadymati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 22: (*naděliti – *narodъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 21
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*dělati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 4: (*čaběniti – *děl’a), Moscow: Nauka, page 231
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*cělovati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 3: (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 179
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*likati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 15: (*lětina – *lokač), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 103
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*krajati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 12: (*koulъkъ – *kroma / *kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 86
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1995), “*napojavati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 22: (*naděliti – *narodъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 221